Introduction to Ezra the priest & scribeverses 1-7
Now after these things – in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia
Ezra the son of Seraiah – Azariah – Hilkiah – Shallum – Zadok
Ahitub – Amariah – Azariah – Meraioth – Zerahiah
Uzzi – Bukki – Abishua – Phinehas – Eleazar
Aaron the chief priest
This Ezra went … Read More
Cyrus’ decree foundverses 1-5
Then Darius the king made a decree
and search was made in the house of the rolls
where the treasures were laid up in Babylon
and there was found at Achmetha
in the palace that is in the province of the Medes
a roll and therein was a record
thus written
In the first year … Read More
Prophets encouraged the peopleverses 1-2
Then the prophets – Haggai – the prophet – Zechariah – the son of Iddo
prophesied to the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem
in the name of the God of Israel – even to them
Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Sheltiel
and Jeshua the son of Jozadak
and began to … Read More
Enemies of Israel wanted to help build Templeverses 1-2
Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin
heard that the children of the captivity
built the temple of the LORD God of Israel
Then they came to Zerubbabel – and to the chief of the fathers
and said
Let us build with you – FOR we SEEK your God… Read More
People gather to build altar of LORDverses 1-3
And when the seventh month was come
and the children of Israel were in the cities
the people gathered themselves together as
one man to Jerusalem
Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak
and his brethren the priests
Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel
and his brethren
and built the altar… Read More
Children of Israel return from captivityverse 1
Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity
of those which had been carried away – whom Nebuchadnezzar the
king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon
and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah
every one to his city
Zerubbabel the leader of those returning… Read More
LORD appoints Cyrus to rebuild Jerusalemverses 1-4
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia
that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah
might be FULFILLED – the LORD stirred up the spirit of
Cyrus king of Persia – that he made a proclamation
throughout all his kingdom – and put it also
in … Read More
Jehoahaz king of Judah under Egyptverses 1-4
Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah
and made him king in his father’s stead in Jerusalem
Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign
and he reigned THREE MONTHS in Jerusalem
and the king of Egypt put him down in Jerusalem
and … Read More
Josiah sets up the Passover celebrationverses 1-4
Moreover Josiah kept a Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem
and they killed the Passover
on the fourteenth day of the first month
And he set the priests in their charges
and encouraged them to the service of
the house of the LORD
And said to the Levites that TAUGHT all Israel… Read More
Josiah did right in sight of the LORDverses 1-2
Josiah was eight years old [8 years old] when he began to reign
and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years
and he did that which was RIGHT in the sight of the LORD
and he WALKED in the ways of David his father
and he declined … Read More